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Donegal County Council · 2460197

TULLY (CARRICKBOY E.D.) AND RAHEEN , BALLYSHANNON , CO DONEGAL

  1. 22 Feb 2024Received
  2. 25 Nov 2024Refused
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Status
Under appeal
Decision
Refused · 25 Nov 2024
Council
Donegal County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
5.87 ha

What’s proposed

A TEN-YEAR PERMISSION FOR A GRID SERVICES FACILITY COMPRISING OF (1) AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND CONTAINING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ELECTRICAL INVERTERS, TRANSFORMERS AND POWER CONTROL CENTRES, (2) AN ENCLOSED SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER COMPOUND CONTAINING A HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR HOUSED WITHIN A SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER BUILDING AND ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A FLYWHEEL, TRANSFORMER, CIRCUIT BREAKER AND COOLING EQUIPMENT, (3) UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING, (4) SITE ENTRANCE FROM THE L7965-1 LOCAL ROAD, (5) ON-SITE ACCESS TRACK, (6) SECURITY FENCING AND SECURITY GATES, (7) POLE-MOUNTED SECURITY CAMERAS, (8) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, LANDSCAPING AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS 35 YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT

2460197 is a planning application to Donegal County Council for a TEN-YEAR PERMISSION FOR A GRID SERVICES FACILITY COMPRISING OF (1) AN ENCLOSED BATTERY, received on 22 Feb 2024; permission was refused on 25 Nov 2024.

Planning details

Reference
2460197
Local authority
Donegal County Council
Status
Under appeal · register status “APPEALED
Received
22 Feb 2024
Observations close
28 Mar 2024 (closed 906 days ago)
Decision due
29 Nov 2024 · decided 25 Nov 2024
Decision
Refused on 25 Nov 2024
Proposed development
A TEN-YEAR PERMISSION FOR A GRID SERVICES FACILITY COMPRISING OF (1) AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND CONTAINING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ELECTRICAL INVERTERS, TRANSFORMERS AND POWER CONTROL CENTRES, (2) AN ENCLOSED SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER COMPOUND CONTAINING A HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR HOUSED WITHIN A SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER BUILDING AND ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A FLYWHEEL, TRANSFORMER, CIRCUIT BREAKER AND COOLING EQUIPMENT, (3) UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING, (4) SITE ENTRANCE FROM THE L7965-1 LOCAL ROAD, (5) ON-SITE ACCESS TRACK, (6) SECURITY FENCING AND SECURITY GATES, (7) POLE-MOUNTED SECURITY CAMERAS, (8) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, LANDSCAPING AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS 35 YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT
As published by the register.
Site area
5.87 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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Appeal

The register records appeal ABP-321512-24 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 344454). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460197/0.

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